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1 week break from accutane? (isotretinoin orifarm)

1 week break from accutane? (isotretinoin orifarm)

Hello,

I've recently started on accutane, and i've been on it for 2 days.
The thing is that I forgot to tell my doctor that I stopped taking my antibiotics (tetralysal, same as tetracyclin) pills the day before I started accutane.

So I sent him an email regarding me quitting antibiotics the day before and he wanted me to stop the accutane pills for 1 week and then start over again. Does this effect anything? Does it for for example reduce the effect of accutane? I'm afraid that it wont work as good as it would be if I didn't take the 1 week break.

Regards,

Daniel
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Hey Daniel!

The week break is for your safety. It does not reduce the effect of accutane but reduces the risk of a serious side effect that cold be produced with the interaction of the two drugs. Your doctor has been prudent to advise a weeks break till tetracycline gets cleared from the body.
Hope this information is helpful.

Take care!
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